ABOUNDING
Readers Review: On Jane's books:
"As a lay counselor, I find your books Quiet Places and Still Waters islands of rest from the heaviness of the
counseling room. The Scriptures you select at the end of each chapter are always just the right nourishment for the
topic of the chapter…Mostly, though, I am so blessed by your beautiful way with pen - you are the most poetic women's
author I have ever experienced! Thank you for using your talent to encourage me!"
Appleton, WI
"Grace Points was a great basis for journaling. The focus of writing responses and working through several conflicts were possible because of what you wrote…"
Arlene, Iowa
"Grace Points helped me get through a time of indecision and sorrow, and travel on with my life."
Chattanooga, TN
"Grace Points has been incredibly comforting and helpful for me. I feel like such a wimp and a failure so often--the
old familiar phrase plays over and over in my mind, "I'm not supposed to be this way!" Praise God, in Him I am
becoming the person He created me to be and He will complete what He has started. Praise God that He is God!
From Minnesota
"With my kids all gone and work still sketchy I am in the biggest transition of my life. In the midst of my tears
after dropping our son at the airport for another year in China, I picked up Grace Points. I had intended to read
it before but hadn't. I am so glad I waited.
Jane, it is life to me. I read and journal and cry and get fed from your words, your experiences, your God
perspective which touches me at every point this week. And I only just finished Chapter 3!
My friend just lost her job this week so I gave her a copy to read. We are feeding on your words!
I am honored to know you, to be shaped by you, am grateful for your vulnerability, for your obedience to write. I'm eager to finish it but yet want to savor each thought."
From Evanston IL
April 2004
"My wife and I were given your book Grace Points by a dear friend and have DEVOURED it!
You speak so well to the whole arena of transition and your metaphors, Scriptures, and hymns synchronize so beautifully with your writing!
We are in a transition now (who's not, eh?!?) as my job was recently eliminated and I am struggling to find a replacement position.
I just wanted to write and say thank you for your book. It has carried me/us over these difficult days of uncertainty."
California
Summer 2004 "What I appreciate first about GRACE POINTS, Jane, is that it's written in a style that assumes your readers have some semblance of brain in their skull. I am weary of short, simple sentences of the type that many Christian writers use and many Christian publishers apparently prefer. Second, I am thrilled that you utilize so many OT Scriptures. I adore the OT! Third, I wish I would have had this book four years ago when my desert journey began. But now that I'm on the other side of the wilderness, it's good to read about where I was and to confirm that our Lord Himself brought me from one end of the Mojave to the other. We do, indeed, serve a Mighty God…" Ohio
"Jane, thank you so much for … this book. It is wonderfully written, and its insights are like putting on a snuggly sweater on a cold day -- very comforting, very warm, very needed. It arrived at my house and in my life at a time of great transitions for my family... but then, as you point out, transition is the norm, not the exception. Praying that many, many women will grow through this book."
Women's Ministry Coordinator, IL
"Wow.
Wow.
Wow.
The last chapter...it has been described as "the grand finale", "fireworks", "YES!!!!", awesomely crafted, beautifully written, the perfect culmination and closing.
[Using Grace Points in our small group] developed an incredible bonding and the path we have all traveled together has been nothing short of ... grace-filled. We all owe such a great debt of gratitude to you. And to our Lord who has gifted you SO profoundly.
Grace Points has taken me on a journey. It has met me on my "death valley" journey. It has lifted my heap of flesh out of the sand, dusted me off, and brought me to a wonderful garden-pond with lush greens and beautiful waterfalls. Praise God for YOU!
It was a wonderful night finishing the last chapter and recapping our "Grace Points" throughout the study. Oh how I wish you could have been here to witness it…"
New England
"Grace Points allowed me the opportunity to grieve what I missed with my daughter. We when through a hard time with
her, and I shut down, did the pastor's wife thing. Grace Points brought me back."
Indiana